TOURIST INFO MAINZ

Mainz, the state capital of Rhineland-Palatinate, a wine centre and member of the international association of Great Wine Capitals, combines lifestyle, joie de vivre and a rich, millennia-old culture in an almost proverbial way.

History of Mainz

Mainz can look back on an impressive history: Roman relics point to over 2000 years of heritage, while magnificent Baroque buildings are a reminder of the time of the electors during a stroll through the city. In the 17th century, the best architects, sculptors and painters characterised the cityscape with aristocratic palaces and new church buildings. The impressive St Martin's Cathedral, which has dominated the famous Rhine panorama of the state capital of Rhineland-Palatinate for more than 1000 years, reveals the connection between the city and church history. A counterpoint to the cathedral towers is the Protestant Christuskirche with its grandiose dome.

Art and culture

To this day, he is the city's ‘greatest’ son: Johannes Gutenberg, the inventor of printing with movable type. Two of his famous Bibles can be seen in the Gutenberg Museum. Other highlights: the time-honoured Landesmuseum and the modern Kunsthalle. And if you are looking for a place of tranquillity, you will be enchanted by the light and play of colours of the Chagall windows in St. Stephen's. The cycle of nine windows with scenes from the Old Testament is one of the artist's most beautiful and largest works and bathes the church interior in magical blue.

Mainz - the wine capital of Germany

A wine landscape to fall in love with! Mainz and Rheinhessen uniquely combine wine enjoyment with lifestyle and wine culture. With over 26,000 hectares of vineyards, Rheinhessen is Germany's largest wine-growing region and Mainz is now officially the newly crowned wine capital of Germany. The state capital of Rhineland-Palatinate has recently joined the select circle of international ‘Great Wine Capitals’. This is both an honour and an obligation, as only one city from each state may be represented in this association.

More than 3,500 wineries are located in the Rhine bend between Bingen and Worms with the metropolis of Mainz at its centre. The dynamism and change in this wine-growing region with a 2000-year tradition is enormous. The young generation of winegrowers in particular is demonstrating with commitment, expertise and self-confidence that quality and size can produce outstanding wines. For wine lovers, the journey through Mainz and Rheinhessen is a very special discovery: great Rieslings, the classics Silvaner, Pinot Blanc and Pinot Gris as well as Dornfelder, Merlot and Pinot Noir for red wine lovers can be tasted and experienced in a landscape that enchants with its gentleness and shines in all colours in summer and autumn.